For the consumer multiple platforms sucks. There's already competition for selling steam keys as well. Epic doesn't want to pay other platforms for anything fortnite, anything else they do is to justify why they shouldn't have to pay like every one else.
It has more to do with legislators using the tax code as a way to give away money for certain activities than tax prep lobbying. It's also a lot of fear mongering by those companies, and a general lack of reading comprehension. If you don't have to file quarterly, your taxes are likely very easy.
Fishing varies wildly depending on the species you are targeting. The best advice is probably to look on YouTube for fishing videos in your area.
For pan fish baiting a hook and waiting for a bite (possibly using a bobber) generally works well. It's easy to target them during the breeding season when they make "beds," at other times you may need to find an area with a drop off or weeds. You generally want your bait to be off the bottom by a reasonable amount.
For something like bass you tend to use crank/jerk baits that you need to keep moving to entice a hit. You can generally find them in similar areas to pan fish as they eat those species. The idea is generally to pass lures through areas that allow a bass to hide and strike anything that swims by.
At certain times of the year you can target spawning fish in various rivers. Generally at these times what you use isn't too important, it's more about being there when the fish are passing through.
There's also regulations that actually hurt the things they are intended to protect. It's generally called perverse incentives. The example here is related to endangered species. It's in the interest of those that find an endangered species on their property to "shovel and shut up" as the presence only creates problems for the owner.
Additional fun fact, The Jungle was meant to highlight the poor working conditions in slaughter houses, but the outrage was related entirely to the poor consideration for the meat that the public was eating.
Kids. Being married before you have kids is huge in some states and important in many. In my state unmarried father's have no rights to children even if they sign the birth certificate. Sure you can adopt, but that's far more expensive than a marriage certificate.
Protection in the case of breakup or divorce. You have rights to shared property in a divorce, you have no rights to anything you didn't buy or put in your name otherwise. You can sort of solve this with making a partnership and putting all assets into it, but it's not quite the same and far more complicated. Also if you aren't the breadwinner, there isn't really a way to ensure spousal support without a marriage.
Legal protections. You can't be compelled to testify against a spouse. While you can do things like medical power of attorney, you don't get it by default like marriage, which means you either need that document on hand at all times or in an emergency situation you could be prevented access or decision making authority until you provide documentation. There's also social security, you can draw on a spouse, but there isn't an equivalent, same for pensions that offer survivor benefits.
Insurance benefits from employers generally require you to be married.
It's largely a problem with misusing specialty doctors and emergency rooms. There needs to be a decade long focus on more family medicine doctors and improving their workload and pay.
ER and urgent care doctors are trained in acute care and trauma. They aren't trained or meant to handle chronic disease or preventative care, they are meant to handle after the bad thing happens.
This actually helps AI, once his writing gets tagged as an attempt to confuse models it can be adapted to. Also because humans aren't as good at random as they think they are it's likely easy for an LLM to recognize.
The story for this game is pretty fun and memorable. It's a shame the gameplay itself is lacking, there's way too much going on and there's not a great gameplay loop. The open world bits are pretty bad, but were required to unlock useful spells and things for the battles. The battles were ok, but could have benefitted from more focus on making the transition smoother between modes.
I wouldn't go that far, but it's probably most. I've had a few middle managers that were good, less than 5 though.